Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill | West Malaysia

(28 March- 6 April 2013)

Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill|West Malaysia

Fraser’s Hill has been a favorite destination for a long  time especially for the locals to escape the tropical heat. It is also a popular birding destination in peninsula Malaysia . Located just 1.5 hours from the capital Kuala Lumpur and 7 hours from Singapore by car. Many bird watchers and bird photographers flocked  to Fraser’s Hill to see the mountain birds.

In the first 1.5 hour of day light, we photographed 15 to 20 species without having to walk  more than 20 steps away from the car park at Jelai . By 9:15 am, it was completely empty. Many people , locals as well as Singaporean visit Frasers Hill just to witness the excellent birding phenomenal.  The four mornings we were there (with one morning at Bukit Tinggi) there were at least 10 photographers ( different groups) from Singapore at Fraser’s Hill.

Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill|West Malaysia

Here are our early bird shots from daybreak am to 9:15 am.

1. Silver eared mesia
2. Long-tailed Sebia
3. Green magpie
4. Sultan tit
5. Little pied flycatcher
6. Mountain fulveta
7. Fire-tufted Barbet
8. Large cuckoo shrike
9. Lesser-racketailed Drongo
10. Large niltava
11. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
12. Chestnut-crowned Laughing thrush
13. Pied fantail
14. Orange-bellied Leafbird
15. Streaked Spider-hunter
16. Black-throated Sunbird
17. Verdetier Flycatcher

We flew to Kuala Lumpur on budget air, got a local car and drove north to IPOH via the highway . Exited  at Bukit Beruntung, proceeded to Kuala Kubur Baru then up the winding and rather scenic reservoir road to Bukit Frasers. Well not quite in 1.5 hours but may be in 2 hours .We climbed about 1100 meter above the sea level greeted by the nice cool air in the early evening. Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill|West Malaysia.